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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
6
Governor Wallace signed an executive order reopening Hobson City and Oxford schools to a 12 grade system under a freedom of choice plan. The action follows a federal desegregation order and protests as residents urge local control and non discriminatory enrollment.
A helicopter touched down in the Santa Marta Acatitla prison courtyard allowing two inmates to flee. One escapee was Joel D. Kaplan of New York and American Sucrose Co. The other was Louis Vidal, also of New York. A Venezuelan inmate remained at large. The craft had stopped earlier in Ventanprieta Hidalgo with Texas plates and the pilot was believed American.
Coreta Banks Miss Lawton of 1970 will entertain 500 to 700 teachers at 7 30 p m Friday in the Altus High School auditorium. A sophomore at Southwestern State College Weatherford Miss Banks is the daughter of Set Ret and Mrs Robert Banks Lawton She plans to sing What the World Needs Now Close to You Going Out of My Head and Make It Easy On Your
Tulsa bid for a 16 million water sewer bond package came in unusually low at 4.78 percent, about half a percentage point under city expectations. Proceeds fund Lynn Lane Reservoir and treatment plant work plus right of way for a line from Oolagah to the new reservoir.
A pistol shrimp in a glass aquarium produces a loud snapping sound heard throughout a large room, evidencing its powerful claw action.
The National Labor Relations Board orders Tulsa-Whisenhunt funeral homes to stop coercing workers in union activities. Charges allege refusals to hire and discrimination against union members after four employees were fired in February. two were reinstated on June 22.
Dozens of riders suffered heat prostration as four subway trains with about 6,000 people were stalled in the East River tunnel between Manhattan and Queens during rush hour. A Queens-bound train broke down, triggering three more trains to stop and delaying roughly 60,000 riders up to two hours. Passengers grew panicked and angry, with some tearing up seats and banging windows for air.
Glenpool Oklahoma voters approve two bond issues by about two to one to finance a municipal building housing the town hall police and fire stations at 25 000 and new fire equipment at 15 000. The measures mark the town's first such vote.
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